Testing of the low speed salient pole synchronous generator for renewable energy sources

The paper presents a synchronous generator suitable for RES system with low rotational speed. Model of a salient pole synchronous machine, created in the MATLAB/Simulink software environment, is presented. Simulation results, that involve the change of the excitation current and the mechanical speed of the generator, are given. Additionally, the experiment results carried out on a 1.315 MVA rated power synchronous machine are shown. The results are discussed and some conclusions are presented.